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Lucky Charms for Prosperity

Are you shopping for a special little charm or symbol that might bring you or someone else abundance or prosperity. There are many good luck and money attracting symbols that you can commonly find sold as charms or pendants in jewelry school. Here is a guide to the meaning of some of these charms symbols.

 

Ankh: This looks like a Christian Crucifix but with a loop at the top. This lovely ancient Egyptian symbol represents love and long life.

 

Butterfly (American Indian): For love, grace, abundance, inspiration, passion and blessings.

 

Elephant (East Indian, African): Represents prosperity and wisdom.

 

Eye in the Hand: These good luck tokens which feature a human eye centered in the palm of a human hand originate in the Near East and are of Jewish-Arabic origin. The open hand represents the intervention of a higher power and the eye represents the all-seeing eye of God. This talisman is thought to bring God’s mercy, strengthen faith and protect against bad luck.

 

Goldfish (Chinese): Charms that look goldfish are thought to bring prosperity, especially if they are made of orange enamel.

 

Three Leaf and Four Leaf Clover – The three-leafed clover is a symbol of health and vitality and for the Celts, symbolized The Holy Trinity. A four-leafed clover symbolizes sudden good fortune. A five-leafed clover symbolizes a happy marriage.

 

Rabbit (Prairie Indian): A charm will bring fertility, abundance and prosperity.

 

Roman Coins: Antique Roman coins are thought to bring prosperity and good fortune to those who wear them as jewelry

 

Runes, which are stones that are used for fortune telling, can also be worn to attract prosperity. The symbols on Runes usually represent animals. The best ones to wear for prosperity are: UROZ (power; ox), Fehu (possession; livestock), Kenaz (opportunity; the torch), Wunjo (happiness; an X) or Jera (harvest; interlocking v’s).

 

Tortoise (Chinese): For holding onto money, investing it wisely and creating wealth.

 

Thor’s Hammer: This talisman usually looks like a small axe or very blunt edged cross. Carrying this symbol is thought to help achieve social success and protect against making the career wrong move in life and losses on the stock market!  This masculine charm makes a good gift for a man!

 

Zen Symbol: This looks like a black teardrop shape and white teardrop shape embracing each other in a circle. It is from the Far East and is also known as the Ying Yang or Tai’Chi symbol. It is worn to achieve equilibrium, balance and harmony.